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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Western Asia Minor
ii.	Region	Lydia
iii.	Site	Saittai

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	ἡ πλατεῖα τῶν σκυτέων (TAM V.1 79, ll. 2-3; TAM V.1 80, l. 2; TAM V.1 81, ll. 4-5; TAM V.1 146, ll. 4-6)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	he plateia ton skyteon

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

147 - 174 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i.

Name in other forms

ἡ σύνοδος τῆς [σ]κυτικῆς (τέχνης / ἐργασίας?), he synodos tes [s]kytikes (technes / ergasias) (SEG 29: 1183, ll. 3-4)

ii.

Name elements

Professional:

Guild of shoemakers

iii.

Descriptive terms

πλατεῖα, plateia
σύνοδος, synodos

Note

plateia: TAM V.1 79, l. 2; TAM V.1 80, l. 2; TAM V.1 81, l. 4; TAM V.1 146, ll. 4-5
synodos: SEG 29: 1183, ll. 3-4

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	TAM V.1 79 (152/3 AD) TAM V.1 80 (153/4 AD) TAM V.1 81 (173/4 AD) TAM V.1 146 (166/7 AD) SEG 29: 1183 (147/8 AD)
	Note	See also: TAM V.1 79: Dittmann-Schöne III.3.20 TAM V.1 80: Dittmann-Schöne III.3.21 TAM V.1 81: Dittmann-Schöne III.3.22 TAM V.1 146: Dittmann-Schöne III.3.23 SEG 29: 1183: Dittmann-Schöne III.3.24 Bakir-Barthel and Müller 1979: 165, no. 25
	Online Resources	TAM V.1 79 TAM V.1 80 TAM V.1 81 TAM V.1 146 SEG 29: 1183
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	Funerary inscriptions. Greek.
i.c.	Physical format(s)	Marble stele with pediment
ii.	Source(s) provenance	All from Saittai, except TAM V.1 146, found in Halokome (Üsümüs, territory of Saittai).

VII. ORGANIZATION

viii.

Obligations

The association probably had some funerary obligations towards its members, and perhaps towards other members of the community. It is not sure if the deceased are association members or not in these inscriptions.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i.

Treasury/Funds

The association must have funds in order to bury or erect funerary inscriptions to its members (or other members of the community).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii.	Gender	Men
	Note	All possible members attested are men (47 to 62 years old).
iv.	Status	One of the persons honoured with a funerary inscription is a priest (TAM V.1 80, l. 4). It is not sure if he is a member of the association or not.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii.	Worship	One of the deceased honoured by the guild is a priest, though that doesn't confirm that the guild worshiped the related cult (not identified in the text).
iv.	Honours/Other activities	Only funerary activity is attested. On funerary activities of professional associations cf. van Nijf 1997: 38-69.

XI. INTERACTION

i.

Local interaction

If the priest honoured in the funerary inscription TAM V.1 80 is not a member of the association, the guild may have some sort of local interaction.

XII. NOTES